AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINAAND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE SOVEREIGN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF FIJI CONCERNINGTHE MAINTENANCE BY THE SOVEREIGN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF FIJI OF THECONSULAR POST HEADED BY ANAND THE REPUBLIC OF UGANDA

AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINAAND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE SOVEREIGN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF FIJI CONCERNINGTHE MAINTENANCE BY THE SOVEREIGN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF FIJI OF THECONSULAR POST HEADED BY ANAND THE REPUBLIC OF UGANDA (Suva on June 20, 1997) Whole document The Government of the People's Republic of China and the Government of the Sovereign Democratic Republic of Fiji (hereinafter referred to as "the two Parties"), out of a common desire to develop friendly relations and enhance consular ties between the two countries, have reached the following agreement concerning the maintenance by the Sovereign Democratic Republic of Fiji of the consular post headed by an honorary consul in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China: 1. The Government of the People's Republic of China agrees to the maintenance by the Government of the Sovereign Democratic Republic of Fiji of the consular post headed by an honorary consul in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, with the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region as its consular district.

2. The honorary consular officers shall exercise the consular functions in accordance with the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations of 1963 and the relevant laws and regulations of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, and enjoy the corresponding privileges and immunities.

3. The Government of the People's Republic of China, in accordance with the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations of 1963 and its relevant laws and regulations, shall accord necessary assistance and facilities to the consular post headed by an honorary consul of the Sovereign Democratic Republic of Fiji and its honorary consular officers in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China in the exercise of its consular functions.

4. The two Parties shall handle consular matters between them in a friendly manner in a spirit of consultation and co-operation, and in accordance with the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations and international practice.

5. The honorary consular officers shall be nationals of either Party or a third country, but not stateless persons or those with dual nationalities, and must be permanent residents of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China.

6. The Sovereign Democratic Republic of Fiji shall not appoint any honorary consular officers once it has appointed career consular officers to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China.

7. The present Agreement shall enter into force on 1 July 1997.

Done at Suva this 20th day of June, 1997 in duplicate in the Chinese and the English languages, both texts being equally authentic.

For the Government of the For the Government of the People's Republic of China Sovereign Democratic Republic of Fiji